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' Patented Feb. 11, 1919.

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HARRY JOSEPH HICK, 0F ALLIANCE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE MGCASKEY REGISTER COMPANY, OF ALLIANCE, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO. I

FILING APPLIANCE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 11, 1919.

filing time cards, cost coupons, sales bills and other similar papers required for keeping industrial and commercial records, of the type composed of series of hinged holders mounted in a case or cabinet; and the object of the improvement is to operatively combine 7 two series of such holders, one

above the other in the same case, in such a manner that the holders in the upper series are normally in upright position and the holders of the lower series are normally in reclined position, and that an operation of the upper series into reclined position, automatically swings the lower series underneath the upper series.

Other objects of the improvement relate to the method of mounting and carrying each series of holders and of controlling and counterbalancing the operation thereof one by the other and also on the gravity principle.

A preferred embodiment of the invention thus outlined in general terms is illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of the appliance showing a few of the upper series of holders in upright position and the remainder of the upper series and all of the lowerseries of holders in reclined position;

Fig. 2, a section of the case on line 2-2,

Fig. 1, showing the holders in side elevation and illustrating the operation of the upper series of holders; V

Fig. 3, a sim'lar section and elevation illustratin the operation of the lower series of ho ders;

Fig. v 1, a similar section and elevation showing the position for operation; I

Fi 5, a similar section and elevatron showing all the holders of the upper series swung into reclined position and the lower series swung under the upper series;

Fig. 6, a detached perspective inside view of one-half the case, the carrier frame for supporting the upper series and guiding two series of holders in normal,

the lower series of holders, and the swinging support for the lower series of holders;

Fig. 7, a fragmentary perspective view showing the pivot pin on the lower corner of the foremost holder of each series; and

Fig. 8, a detached perspective view showing the guide pivot on the lower corner of the rearmost holder of each series.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the drawings.

The case may be composed of the base or bottom 1, the back wall 2, and the side walls 8; and the upper ends of the back and side walls may be connected together at the rear of the case bv means of the top plate 4, thus leaving the front and forward portion of the top open for access to and operation of the upper and lower series of holder 5 and 5 although it is evident that the top and front can be closed by a swinging or sliding lid and door, not shown, as may be desired, to completely incase the holder when swung into the position shown in Fig. 5.

The carrier frame for the lower series of holders is preferably composed of the back wall 6 and the side walls 7, and is mounted for swinging forward and rearward in the case by being pivoted at 8 to the lower ends of the parallel pendent links 9 having their upper ends pivoted at 10 to the side walls of the case, a pair of such links being provided at each side of the holders.

A supporting bearing 11 is formed or secured in each upper rear corner of the carrier frame, for the pivot pins 12 which protrude laterally from the lower corners of the foremost holder 5' of the upper series; and 'a swinging support is provided for the holders 5 of the lower series which is preferably composed of a pair of pendent links 13 and 13 having their upper ends pivoted at 1 f near the upper edge and on the outer side of each side wall 7 of the carrier frame, and having their lower ends yoked together by connecting bars 15, above which connecting bars a longitudinal angle bar 16' is pivoted on each side to the inner side of the lower end of the links 13 and 13' of each air. 7 V

Atthe rear end of each angle bar 16 is formed or secured a supporting bearing 11 for the pivot pin 12 which protrudes laterally from each corner at the rear end of the lower holder 5 of the lower series, and the inturned flanges of these bars form shelves upon which the ends of the lower holder of the for-ward series rest for supporting" this holder and the superposed holders of the lower series when the same" guide 17 for the guide pivots 18 which protrude laterally from the hinged endsof the rearmost leaf 5 and 5 of each series;-

and the rear flanges 19 of these channels are extended in width to form an abutment'for the side edges of the rearmost'leaf to stop the same from swinging rearward beyond the channel guide.

The hinged connections 20 between the lower ends of the upper series and the rear ends of the lower series, as shown in Fig. 2, space the hinged ends of the holders slightly apart and the upper ends of the channel guides and abutments are preferably inclined slightly forward so that when the leaves in each series are collocated into upright position, the foremost leaf 5 and 5 will'stand upright substantially in a vertical plane, as shown in Fig. 3.

When the holders of the upper series are in normal upright position, as shown in Figs. 3 and' l, the lower ends of the pendent links 9 are swung forward from their upper ends, being held in this position by engagement of the pivot pins 12 on the hinged ends of the foremost holder 5 of the upper series with the supporting bearing 11 near the upper rear corners of the oscillating carrier frame, and the tendency of the pendent links to swing rearward, by reason of the weight of the lower series of holders carried there by, supplements the weight of the other leaves in the upper series, in holding the foremost leaf thereof in upright position, and also assists in elevating the rearmost leaves until the links pass the vertical portion, after which the tendency of the pend ent links to swing forward, by reason of the weight of the lower series of holders, assists in elevating the free ends of the reclined holders 'intheupper series, after they have been started-upward.

In this relation of the parts, the holders of the lower series may be swung upward, singly or collectively, from their normal reclined position shown in Fig. 4, into an up' right position shown for all but two of the holders in Fig. 3; and in this movement, the supporting bars 16 swing forward with the lower ends of the pendent links 13 from a normal rearward position, shown in Figs. 2

4: and 5 in which the lower ends of these links are inclined a substantial distance rearward'from their upper'ends, to a forward position, when all the lower holders are swung into upright position, as shown for most of these holders in Fig. 3, when the lating carrier, a series of holders on the os cillating carrier, a swinging support depending-from the oscillating carrier, and a series of holders on the swinging support.

2. A filing appliance including an.oscil-- lating carrier, a series of holders on the oscillating carrier, a swinging support depend-r ing from the oscillating carrier, and aseries of holders on the swinging support, pivot bearings on the carrier and the supportwfor theforemost holder ofthe respective: series, a guideway adjacent to the carrierfor the rearmost holder of one series and a guide.- way in the carrier for the rearmost holder" of the other series. I

3. A filing appliance including an oscils lating carrier, a series of holderson theoscillating carrier, a swinging support depend-f ing from the oscillating carrier, and a series of holders on the swinging support, pivot hearings on the carrier and the support for the foremost holderof the respective series, a guideway adjacent to the carrier for-the, rearmost holder of one series and a guide way inthe carrier for the rearmost holder of the other series,,said guideways forming stops for the rearmost holder of the respective series.

Al. A filing appliance including a carrier pivoted to pairs of pendent links, a'series of hinged holders on the carrier, a support'piv oted to pairs of pendent links'depending from the carrier, and a series of hinged holders on the. support, pivot bearingson the carrier and the support for'the hingedends of the foremost holders of the respective series, a guideway adjacent to the carrier for the hinged "end of the rearmost holder of one series, and a guideway on the carrier for the hinged end of 'the rea'rmost holder of the other series, the pendentlinks' moving bothlforward and rearward from a vertical position in the operation'of the respective series of holders. s

5. A filing appliance including pairs of pendent links pivotally supported at their holder pivoted thereon, and a guideway adjacent to the holders engaging the rear end of the rearmost holder for swinging the pendent links forward and rearward from a vertical line in the operation of the holder.

6. A filing appliance including an oscillating carrier, a swinging support depending from the carrier, pivotal hearings on the carrier and on the support, upright guideways 10, adjacent to the carrier and in the carrier, a

series ofhinged holders having pivot pins on the hinged end of the foremost holder, resting 1n the carrier bearings and guide plvots on the hinged end of the rearmost holder, operating in the adjacent guideways, and a second series of hinged holders having llke pivot pins resting in the support bearings and like gulde pivots operating in the carrier guideways.

HARRY JOSEPH HICK.

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